Chapter 4

"Kendall! I'm hungry!" Carlos cried, jumping onto Kendall's back. Kendall let out a yelp of surprise. "Can we go eat something?" He added, not caring that he might have hurt Kendall. Kendall groaned and pushed Carlos off his back and onto the hardwood floor.

"Carlos! What did I tell you about not being stupid and jumping on my back?" Kendall asked, faking anger. Kendall was a good faker, and Carlos thought he was actually really mad at him. He looked down at his feet.

"You said n-not to do it." He mumbled, worried that Kendall might get really mad or something. Kendall smiled and put his arm around his younger friend. Carlos looked up cautiously.

"I'm just kidding, buddy. How about we go to that new restaurant they just opened a few blocks down? I think they sell corndogs!" Kendall suggested. Carlos's face perked up, and he nodded eagerly. The Latino ran out of the room to tell James and Logan. Kendall rolled his eyes at Carlos's quick mood changes. In a minute, Carlos came back with James and Logan. All of them were eager to go to this new restaurant everyone had been talking about.

"Ready to go?" Kendall asked his best friends. Everyone said yes, and the four set off without further ado.

"Elevator or stairs?" James asked curiously, honestly not caring. Carlos was already pressing the elevator button, so James's question was silently answered. "Elevator." He told himself, stating the obvious.

When the elevator landed on the second floor, all four of them stepped in. Carlos pressed the close button about a million times.

"Carlos, slow down!" Logan scolded. Carlos smirked and bounced up and down, eager to get to the restaurant.

"But I'm so hungry! It needs to go faster!" He complained. Logan just sighed and looked the other way. Suddenly there was a little bump, and the elevator stopped completely. Logan looked back towards the buttons. Were they there already? That was pretty quick for an elevator. That was when Logan realized that they were stuck. Stuck in an elevator.

"We're stuck!" Logan cried, starting to hyperventilate. His breathing became rapid, and he started pacing the small box. He hated small spaces, and this was one of the smallest spaces yet. And he was crowded with three other full grown teenage boys.

"Logie, Logie, calm down!" James commanded him. "We'll be alright. It'll be fixed in a few minutes." James assured the panicking boy. Logan seemed to not hear, and he kept on pacing and panting.

"Logan! Everything's fine!" Kendall shouted loudly, hoping to get Logan's attention. Logan just slapped away Kendall's comforting hand on his shoulder, not appearing like he heard, either.

"Logie! Stop it! You're scaring us!" Carlos cried fearfully, shaking Logan back and forth. Logan had a strange look in his eyes when he finally stopped and looked at them. It was like he wasn't there with them at the moment. He looked dazed and confused and scared.

Logan suddenly saw a figure standing next to James. It was a female, and she looked like someone he knew from long ago. Mom. Logan thought. His mom was here? His mom, who had abused him and hurt him when he was little? Who had disappeared when Logan was 11? What was she doing here?

"Mom?" Logan asked quietly, seeing his mother move towards him. Logan suddenly felt the world change around him. Now he was in their bathroom, and he was begging his mom not to do it again.

"No! Mom! Please! No! Please don't do this again, mom!" Logan was begging desperately. His mom just slapped his in the face and kicked his shin.

"Shut up, you useless idiot! I can do whatever I want, and you can't do anything about it!" She yelled forcefully, her tone warning Logan not to try anything stupid.

"Mom! I'll do anything for you if you spare me for once!" Logan cried, grabbing onto his mom's legs as she left the room. Mrs. Mitchell pushed her son off of her, feeling her anger getting more and more intense. She sprayed the gas like liquid in the bathroom, and locked the door shut.

Logan felt his breathing get shorter and shorter. He coughed from the poison that had entered his lungs. His vision was turning into blurry shapes, and his lungs hurt. Bad. Every short gasp of breath was painful, and Logan felt like he was going to die. Not again, please not again... Logan thought as he fell backwards, completely oblivious to his surroundings.

Soon after Logan started drifting away from them, Kendall and James and Carlos stood frozen in shock at what was happening. Logan kept on begging and asking for his mom. He kept on begging that he'd be spared just one last time, and that he'd do absolutely anything if he could be spared.

"Kendall? What's wrong with Logie?" Carlos asked, sounding so innocent and vulnerable that it scared Kendall. Carlos was always the baby, and he should never have to sound like that.

"I don't know, buddy. I just don't know." Kendall whispered slowly, not paying attention. He was suffering from shock, and he stood still and frozen. What was happening to Logan? He wouldn't respond or anything.

"Kendall! Dude, wake up!" James shouted, waving his hands in front of Kendall. But Kendall just slid down to the floor, closing his eyes, his whole body trembling. James gasped and quickly pressed the red emergency phone button on the elevator. He stated his emergency, and someone told him that help would be here right away.

"James? I'm scared." Carlos whimpered. James nodded and the two sat down next to each other, listening to Logan's desperate pleas and watching Kendall's trembling body.

"Its okay, Carlos. We're going to be alright. It's probably just a panic attack or something." James said, pretty sure of it himself. After all, Logan always had panic attacks. Only this time, he was saying something no one understood and being off in his own world. That was different.

"Promise?"

James smiled. "I promise." He said as firmly as he could. His voice was shaky, and James had to admit that he was scared to death.

In 5 minutes or so, paramedics came and quickly took Logan and Kendall away to be checked at the hospital. People of the Palm Woods came to watch, scared and confused as to what had happened on the elevator. But what they knew was 400 times less frightening than what James and Carlos had just experienced. James went with Logan on the ambulance, and Carlos went with Kendall. The four boys were silent on the way there; two unconscious, and two conscious, feeling more scared than ever.

In the hospital...

"Logan? Come on, Logie, please wake up." James begged the unconscious boy. But obviously, Logan couldn't hear, and wouldn't wake up until he felt like it. Who knew when that was.

James sat there with Logan, thinking silently to himself. How could this happen to Logan? What had actually happened? Logan was having a panic attack? A really horrible panic attack? But James knew it was too good to be true. Panic attacks weren't that bad. Logan was crying and begging and looking so scared it looked like he was about to die. Maybe he was. How could this happen? It was just an innocent trip to a restaurant, wasn't it?

After an hour or so, Logan stirred. James opened his closed eyes, and stared at his fallen friend, willing for Logan to wake up. Logan slowly and carefully opened his eyes, and he slightly winced at the bright light. "Jmms?" He slurred. James nodded and smiled.

"Glad you woke up, Logan." He said, forcing enthusiasm into his voice. Logan seemed okay now.

"James. Was I really okay? Don't lie to me." Logan said with an edge to his voice. James was surprised. He never knew Logan could just order someone to do something like that. But it sure worked on James.

James sighed sadly. "No, you were all panicky, and then you were saying something about your mom..." James ended with a sniffle. He was ashamed of himself for crying in front of Logan. Logan smiled sadly.

"Yeah... I remember now. I'm okay now, though. Feeling all better." He said happily. James couldn't tell if he was lying or not. It seemed true enough.

"Don't lie to me." James ordered Logan. Logan grinned.

"I'm not. Trust me. It was just a hallucination or something." He admitted. The word hit James. A hallucination? Didn't that only happen with crazy people who had problems?

"No, it doesn't just happen to crazy people, James. It happens to lots of normal people." Logan argued. James blinked when he realized he had spoken his mean thoughts out loud. He really had to control his words.

"So, the doctor said you could go back home only if you're feeling better." James told Logan, suddenly remembering the doctor's words. Logan nodded, showing that he already felt better. James trusted Logan, because Logan knew his medical information. If he was better, he must really be better.

"Okay. Let's go find Kendall and Carlos." James explained the story of what happened on the elevator to Logan. Logan listened grimly through the whole story, getting worried about Kendall. Little did he know that he should have been worrying more about himself.

A/N- Oh Logie... he's gonna be in some big trouble sooner or later, you'll see! SPOILER! Ahh!

I am SO grateful for all your reviews, no matter if it's one word (cough cough you know who you are :) or hundreds of words. I love them all, and you guys are such loyal readers and reviewers! Every review and alert and favorite makes my heart fly!

I'll update soon as I can! Peace out, awesomees!

-Anonymous Skrtle